即事

Chinese

		namely; right away; to approach namely; right away; to approach; to draw near	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (即事)		即	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-shih⁴
    • Yale: jí-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyishyh
    • Palladius: цзиши (cziši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 即事 即是 吉事 吉士 急事 集市

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zik¹ si⁶
    • Yale: jīk sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 即事 即是

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• Middle Chinese: tsik tsriH

Rime
Character	即	事
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	職 (134)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	子力切	側吏切
Baxter	tsik	tsriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨk̚/	/t͡ʃɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɨk̚/	/ʈ͡ʂɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siek̚/	/t͡ʃieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sik̚/	/ʈ͡ʂɨH/
Li Rong	/t͡siək̚/	/t͡ʃiəH/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭək̚/	/t͡ʃĭəH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ək̚/	/ʈ͡ʂiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ji	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zik1	zi3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ik  [m-s-]rəʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsɯɡ  zrɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	即	事
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jí	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ tsik ›	‹ dzriH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ik/	/*[m-s-]rəʔ-s/
English	go to	serve; service, affair
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	即	事
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	5725	11486
Phonetic component	即	史
Rime group	職	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	即	事
Old Chinese	/*ʔsɯɡ/	/*zrɯs/
Notes	甲文象即食卪非聲	史吏轉註字

Verb

即事

1. (literary) to perform one's work; to be at one's duty; to take part in an activity

   • 宣子辭焉，使即事於會，成愷悌也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     宣子辞焉，使即事于会，成恺悌也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Xuānzǐ cí yān, shǐ jíshì yú huì, chéng kǎitì yě. [Pinyin]

     Xuanzi (of Fan) apologised to him (Juzhi) and invited him to participate in the convention, so that his reputation as a "graceful and courteous lord" could be preserved.

   • 百官共財，百工即事，司馬視城脩卒伍。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     百官共财，百工即事，司马视城脩卒伍。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE

     Bǎiguān gòngcái, bǎigōng jíshì, sīmǎ shì chéng xiū zúwǔ. [Pinyin]

     The officials share (a common collection of) resources; the artisans and workers perform (their respective) jobs; and the military officers inspect the fortification and train the troops.

2. to describe events or surroundings at a particular location

   安南即事  ―  Ānnán Jíshì  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 即事即理
• 即事詩 / 即事诗

Japanese

Kanji in this term
即	事
そく Grade: S	じ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
卽事 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [so̞kɯ̟ʑi]

Noun

即(そく)事(じ) • (sokuji) 

1. a description of the events or surroundings at a location
   • c. 1420: Rōshōdō Nihon Kōroku

     是月十五日受命發京路上即事

References

• Song, Hui-Gyeong with Shōsuke Murai (1987) [c. 1420] Rōshōdō Nihon Kōroku, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN